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No. 755,339. PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

' I. D. WORCESTER.

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, Patented March 22, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

IRA D. WORCESTER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,339, dated March 22, 1904.

' Application filed August 18,1903.

TQ. all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LIRA D.WOROES' 1ER,3. citizen of the United States, and 'a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of v Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Toy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of toys known as tick-tacks, the object being to provide a simple, efficient, and inexpensive toy of this character that maybe readily attached to a smooth surface, such as glass, and operate to cause a tapping noise or to attract attention or to afford amusement.

I will describe 'a toy embodying myv invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in 'Which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a toy embodying my invention as applied to a window. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the toy. Fig. 3 is a section showing a modification.

The toy comprises a suction device A, consisting of a body a, having a projection b or other suitable means to which a string may be attached, a string 0 attached thereto, a tapping device d, attached to said string a short distance from said suction device, an elastic connection esuch, for instance, as a rubber stringbetween said suction device A and said tapping device 0?. For operating said tapping device d a string f is attached thereto, as in Fig. 2, or to the string 0, connecting it with the suction device, as in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 2 the suction device A consists of a concavo-convex body a, of yielding material such, for instance, as rubberwith a projection or knob 6 formed on the convex side thereof. The tapping device d consists simply of a body of hard material.

In Fig. 3 the suction device consists of a body a, composed of a disk of rubber or other yielding material, with the knob b, composed of metal, hard rubber, or other material impervious to air, inserted in and extending through a hole in the center thereof. The

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tapping device d is shown in the form of a turtle. One end-of the elastic string 6 is attached to the tapping device d and the other end thereof to the string 0 at a point between 6 and d. The working string f is also attached to string 0 at the same point.

I do not limit myself to the precise forms of suctionv device and tapping device shown herein. Any form of suction device which can serve the same purposes as specified may be used.

The tapper may be made to represent any object which will serve to attract attention by its appearance or movement or afford amuse mentsuch, for instance, as a grotesque human figure or an animal of any kind.

In operation the suction device A is attached to a window-glass or the like by pressing the same thereon to exclude a portion of the air, thereby forming a partial vacuum, so that the device will be held in place by the Then by alternately drawing and releasing the string f the tapping device will be caused to swing back and forth and strike the glass, and at the same time the elastic string 6 will cause said tapping device to be moved up and down along By drawing the string f far enough to stretch the elastic c, Fig. 2, and then releasing it suddenly the tapping device d will be thrown with greater force against the glass. The string 6 serves as a means of pulling said suction device 'A from the glass and prevents breaking the elastic e by stretching it too far.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A toy comprising a suction device, a tapping device externally supported therefrom, and an elastic connection therebetween.

2. A toy comprising asuction device and a tapping device externally supported therefrom by elastic means.

3. A toy comprising a suction device and a tapping device suspended therefrom by means of an elastic string, substantially as specified.

4-. A toy comprisinga suction device,a string attached thereto, and. a tapping device attached to said string a short distance therefrom, substantially as specified.

5. A toy comprising a suction device and a tapper loosely suspended from the outer side thereof.

6. A toy comprising a suction device having a projection or knob on the outer side thereof, and a tapper supported from said knob at a short distance from said suction device, for the purpose specified. w

7 A toy comprising a suction device and a tapper supported therefrom out of contact therewith, for the purpose specified.

8. A toy comprising a suction device and a tapper supported from the outer side thereof and out of contact therewith, for the purpose specified.

9. A toy comprising a suction device, a tapper supported externally therefrom, and means for operating said tapper, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

IRA D. WORCESTER.

Witnesses:

J. E. VVoRoEsrER, I. W. BOULD. 

